Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the WHO (World Health Organization) African Region: Booklet One: Introduction Section, Third Edition

Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 3/2019. This 77-page document is the Introduction section to the third edition of the Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the WHO African Region, which recommend thresholds for action on priority diseases, public health events, and conditions, and for responding to alerts. The guidelines explicitly describe what needs to be established at each level of the health system in order to detect, confirm, and respond to diseases/health events that are responsible for all preventable illnesses, deaths, and disabilities in local communities. (PDF)
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